South Korea men's national volleyball team

South Korea
Association	Korea Volleyball Association
Confederation	AVC
Head coach	Park Sam Ryong
FIVB ranking	34 (as of November 26, 2021)
Uniforms
Summer Olympics
Appearances	8 (First in 1964)
Best result	5th (1984)
World Championship
Appearances	9 (First in 1956)
Best result	4th (1978)
Asian Championship
Appearances	19 (First in 1975)
Best result	Champions (1989, 1993, 2001, 2003)
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Asian Championship
Asian Games
Asian Cup

The South Korea men's national volleyball team (Korean : 대한민국 남자 배구 국가대표팀) represents South Korea in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches. The Republic of Korea (ROK) has competed in the Olympic Games eight times, but has not featured since the Sydney 2000 Games. The team's best performance at the Olympic Games was 5th place at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, California, United States. The national team at the Asian Championship winner four gold medal in 1989 Seoul, 1993 Nakhon Ratchasima, 2001 Changwon and 2003 Tianjin. This performance did not come close to matching their best FIVB World Championship finish of fourth in 1978, when they lost to Cuba in the bronze medal match.

Results[]

Olympic Games[]

1964 – 10th place
1968 – Did not qualify
1972 – 7th place
1976 – 6th place
1980 – Did not participate due to US-led boycott
1984 – 5th place
1988 – 11th place
1992 – 9th place
1996 – 9th place
2000 – 9th place
2004 – Did not qualify
2008 – Did not qualify
2012 – Did not qualify
2016 – Did not qualify
2020 – Did not qualify
– To Be Determined

World Championship[]

1949 – Did not participate
1952 – Did not participate
1956 – 18th place
1960 – Did not participate
1962 – Did not participate
1966 – Did not participate
1970 – Qualified but later withdrew
1974 – 13th place
1978 – 4th place
1982 – 8th place
1986 – Did not qualify
1990 – 14th place
1994 – 8th place
1998 – 13th place
2002 – Qualified but later withdrew
2006 – 17th place
2010 – Did not qualify
2014 – 17th place
2018 – Did not qualify
2022 – Did not qualify

World Cup[]

1965 – Did not qualify
1969 – Did not qualify
1977 – 7th place
1981 – Did not qualify
1985 – 7th place
1989 – 7th place
1991 – 5th place
1995 – 8th place
1999 – 7th place
2003 – 6th place
2007 – 11th place
2011 – Did not qualify
2015 – Did not qualify
2019 – Did not qualify

World Grand Champions Cup[]

1993 – 6th place
1997 – Did not qualify
2001 – 4th place
2005 – Did not qualify
2009 – Did not qualify
2013 – Did not qualify
2017 – Did not qualify

World League[]

1990 – Did not participate
1991 – 9th place
1992 – 8th place
1993 – 10th place
1994 – 9th place
1995 – 6th place
1996 – Did not participate
1997 – 11th place
1998 – 11th place
1999 – Did not participate
2000 – Did not participate
2001 – Did not participate
2002 – Did not participate
2003 – Did not participate
2004 – Did not participate
2005 – Did not participate
2006 – 10th place
2007 – 9th place
2008 – 13th place
2009 – 14th place
2010 – 16th place
2011 – 13th place
2012 – 14th place
2013 – 15th place
2014 – 19th place
2015 – 18th place
2016 – 23rd place
2017 – 18th place

Nations League[]

2018 – 16th place
2019 – Did not qualify
2021 – Did not qualify
TBD 2022 – Did not qualify

Asian Championship[]

1975 – Runners-up
1979 – Runners-up
1983 – 3rd place
1987 – 3rd place
1989 – Champions
1991 – Runners-up
1993 – Champions
1995 – 3rd place
1997 – 5th place
1999 – 3rd place
2001 – Champions
2003 – Champions
2005 – 3rd place
2007 – 3rd place
2009 – 3rd place
2011 – 3rd place
2013 – Runners-up
2015 – 7th place
2017 – 3rd place
2019 – 4th place
2021 – 8th place

Asian Games[]

1958 – Did not participate
1962 – 5th place
1966 – Runners-up
1970 – Runners-up
1974 – Runners-up
1978 – Champions
1982 – 3rd place
1986 – Runners-up
1990 – Runners-up
1994 – 3rd place
1998 – Runners-up
2002 – Champions
2006 – Champions
2010 – 3rd place
2014 – 3rd place
2018 – Runners-up

Asian Cup[]

2008 – Runners-up
2010 – 6th place
2012 – 5th place
2014 – Champions
2016 – 8th place
2018 – 8th place
– Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Current squad[]

The following is the Korean roster called up for the Jincheon Training Camp to represent Korea in the Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian qualification^[1]

Number	Name	Current Team	Birthdate	Height (cm)	Position
14	Kim Kyu-min	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	(1990-12-28) December 28, 1990 (age 31)	197	MB
2	Han Sun-soo	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	(1985-12-16) December 16, 1985 (age 36)	189	S
9	Kwak Seung-suk	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	(1988-03-23) March 23, 1988 (age 33)	190	OH
10	Jung Ji-seok	Incheon Korean Air Jumbos	(1995-03-10) March 10, 1995 (age 27)	195	OH
18	Shin Yung-suk	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers	(1986-10-04) October 4, 1986 (age 35)	198	MB
11	Choi Min-ho	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers	(1988-04-19) April 19, 1988 (age 33)	193	MB
12	Jeon Kwang-in	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers	(1991-09-18) September 18, 1991 (age 30)	194	OH
3		Seoul Woori Card Wibee	(1994-04-08) April 8, 1994 (age 27)	198	OH
5		Seoul Woori Card Wibee	(1995-07-08) July 8, 1995 (age 26)	183	L
4	Jeong Min-su	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	(1991-10-05) October 5, 1991 (age 30)	178	L
1	Hwang Taek-eui	Uijeongbu KB Insurance Stars	(1996-11-12) November 12, 1996 (age 25)	189	S
13	Park Chul-woo	Daejeon Samsung Bluefangs	(1985-07-25) July 25, 1985 (age 36)	200	OP
7	Heo Su-bong	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers	(1998-04-07) April 7, 1998 (age 23)	195	OH
19	Kim Jae-hwi	Cheonan Hyundai Capital Skywalkers	(1993-09-06) September 6, 1993 (age 28)	201	MB

Former squads[]